Used to be God would tell a guy to build an ark or carry some stone tablets down a mountain. Now he’s just trolling late-round NFL running back prospects.

Former San Diego Aztec RB Adam Muema, who you may remember as the guy who left the NFL combine because God told him to do so, spent three days living at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida…because God told him to do so.

Muema was unable to be reached by friends or family for several days until Muema called his training partner, Oklahoma linebacker Corey Nelson to be picked up.

Nelson told UT San Diego that Muema was still wearing his NFL combine gear when he got into the car and that he seemed “focused, cheerful and very wise.”

“He said he was at the airport for three days straight,” Nelson said. “He was telling me when I picked him up that God told him to stay at the airport and don’t do anything, just stay there. That’s what he did for three days straight.

Muema was even going to stay a fourth day but had to tap out as he hadn’t even eaten during his three day airport stay.

Not like it matters much in light of his recent religious reawakening/sad break from reality, but Muema was projected to be a 4th to 7th round projection in the 2014 NFL Draft. He was the fourth all-time leading rusher in San Diego history.

But that’s all a moot point when you take yourself out of the combine. Unless your name is Johnny Manziel, you kind of have to throw up some measurements at the Combine to get considered (and Johnny Football wouldn’t even risk skipping it).

Muema said he was told by God that if he skipped workouts at the Combine, he would fulfill his goal of playing for the Seattle Seahawks (who have Marshawn Lynch and drafed another RB with their first pick last year). Maybe there’s some perverse logic in holding out of workouts to end up as an undrafted free agent on team you favor but that would hardly explain the three-day airport stay, unless by “God,” Muema means “Pete Carroll” who is being uncharacteristically cruel.

Clearly Muema has just gone batsh*t, which is unsurprising given the stress associated with the NFL Draft process. It’s a small wonder at least one player a year doesn’t get a mysterious message from God to leave the Combine and open up a Denny’s or something.

Yes, you guys are right I am crazy, crazy in love with Jesus it is the sweetest name I know.

Hey don’t kid about that. Here in SoCal Coach Carroll is revered as a saint during the SC years. Ed Orgeron was about to be the second coming until he was cut off. SC fans have the laker Stockholm syndrome, I.e Phil Jackson coming back to the Lakers, and are hoping Pete Carroll is gonna make a return to the program

I try my best to respect every persons religion and they can practice it however they choose. But at some point as a society we gotta start looking at some things as a sign of mental illness especially if they are putting their lives in danger. If he said a voice in his head told him to do this instead of god he’d be in a psych ward right now. If he’s hearing voices telling him to put himself in danger by not eating for 3 days he needs psychiatric help. No disrespect to him or anyone else in here religious beliefs.

The 3-day part stuck out the least to me. I have fasted for longer than that (more times than I can recall in my lifetime) and I know many others who have as well. It really is not placing your life in danger. People do it for a myriad of reasons… medical (tests), beliefs (religious/spiritual or something else), for health (I am an avid workout fanatic, so I do it at the very least, once per year), etc.

And “hearing voices” can be easily misinterpreted here by not precisely articulating his words and experience. Perhaps he felt a “guidance” to do so rather than hearing an actual voice inside of his head. I am certain someone could easily reach out to him and ask him that question very specifically to clear up any vagueness or misunderstanding (if there is any).

I have felt promptings in my life (many times) that led to direction. But even in my case, maybe someone would confuse that for my hearing an actual voice in my head saying, “Don’t take that road right now – wait a bit.” Only to later see that an accident claimed lives on it (and had I left when I wanted to, I would not be here typing this).

Belief is a powerful thing. Faith is a powerful thing. If someone even were to take the spiritual aspect out of the equation, science backs that up.

I can understand all of what your saying. If it were something very extreme like putting a gun to your head then somebody has to step in. The kid in the story wanted to go a 4th day but had to tap out. That makes me a lil concerned for him.
And also what’s up with the national security in the airport this kid wondered around the airport for 3 days and nobody thought that was weird?